Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1940 Gas Mask, with Case, Owner-Attributed Example Archive giving permission to Hauptmann (captain)

giving permission to Hauptmann (captain) of the General Staff Corps Rudolf Kundmann to wear the Marian Cross

A Defense Meritorious Service

marked with the order's insignia on the lid

He was awarded his Fifth Service Chevron with Maple Leaf on November 19

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1940 Gas Mask, with Case, Owner-Attributed Example Archive giving permission to Hauptmann (captain)(Wehrmacht Gasmaske M30 und Tornister). A well preserved and complete Wehrmacht gas mask, constructed of a field grey rubberized canvas mask with intact tinted plastic eyepieces situated within metal frames, retaining a magnetic metal filter situated on a threaded connection, stamped with a manufacture date of 1940, the mask retaining elasticized straps adjusted with aluminum buckles, accompanied by its original storage case, constructed of an olive